What clever things/tricks does your dog/cat go?

[lynda66]

Our old fella, when he was younger, would sit and watch you run the bath, then leg-it. I'd call him back and point to the bath telling him to get in, and he would. He'd just hop over the side and stand there with a really pi**ed-off expression until I'd finished and pulled out the plug. Then he'd jump out, and I'd wrap him in towels to get the worst off, then he'd explode and run round the house and garden like a nutter until he was dry - I'd then spend hours cleaning up lol!

you can teach your dog to shake itself outside before you let it back in ........ go out with it and when he shakes, say shake yourself and make an excited noise, then say good boy and give a treat, then repeat, very soon they learn what it means, may take a couple of times, then bit by bit reduce the treats till they shake on command ..... tis the same principal as toiletting on command,

my kitten also plays fetch with toy fluffy mice, and goes to every window and door in the house to check whether it's raining at all of them

and asbo does s fine impression of a lion (ok, he jumps onto the puff to get closer to the fire) ..... but he does chase off rottweilers and staffs, and other cats ........ and sit's on the fence about an inch above where next door but ones cat eater dog can jump to with it's jaws slavering.

and then theres pingu, i play a block breaking game and as soon as i put it on, she jumps/flies/runs from what she's doing, jumps onto the top of the monitor, and pecks the mouse to help me break them (just need to train her to poo on command and we're sorted

chickens .... kind of chickeny .... eat/sleep/poop/sleep/eat/dustbathe/dig holes/eat/ sleep

rabbit ........ psycho

fish ....... eat, swim and move their gobs every so often, now and again get eaten by herons.

[bobleponge]

My dog knows the bag I take to work. As soon as he sees it coming out from the spare room, he cowers and sulks.
He also does the mad walking barking business even though he is walked twice a day every day when I'm home.
When there used to be a horse and cats chez moi, there was often the sight of the horse walking down the lane followed by one of the cats and at least one of the dogs.
Very strange.
I always remember the family collie when I was a kid, she knew when my stepdad was coming home. He rode a motorbike, came home at different times of the day pretty much every day, and we lived near a busy road, but somehow, she always knew and with about 5 minutes to go she would go to the front window and start to bark.
Gave us time to tidy up.

Nog - Brilliant!!

[Two_Sheds]

One of my guinea pigs can play dead - I put her on the floor, roll her on her back and loudly say "you're dead".

She lies there, paws all splayed out, eyes rolled back in her head, and will stay there until you pick her up again. It's hilarious. She's the only one that does it*


* it's natural behaviour in order to fool a predator, but I don't tell anyone that.

[Two_Sheds]

The guinea pigs also have a Pavlovian response to carrier bags. If anyone comes in the garden with a carrier, they run out of the hutch, falling over each other in their haste, oinking and squeaking madly.
The visitor thinks they are pleased to see him/her, but really it's because their Lotty veg arrives in carrier bags.

[MaureenHall]

My cat follows me to the lottie and sits staring at me as if to make sure I'm doing things right. When I've been away overnight, according to the neighbours about 5 minutes before I get home she sits at the front gate waiting to tell me off. She knows I don't like her killing mice and birds so she brings them indoors for me to see that she hasn't killed them! (there's a mouse under the sofa at the moment and I'm scared of the little b****rs so got to wait for daughter to come over to help me find it! Bet it's made a nest now and had millions of babies )

[Hilary B]

Gemma is firmly convinced that OH should not be let out alone. She supervises him on every possible occasion (and when walks are long and the weather cold, that can be a bit embarrassing....). One time on a walk, he was verbally 'teasing' me and I'd had enough, so I said to her "go and bite his bum", which she promptly did (very gently I hasten to add). I have to be careful what I say to her.......!

[sallym]

One of my guinea pigs can play dead - I put her on the floor, roll her on her back and loudly say "you're dead".

She lies there, paws all splayed out, eyes rolled back in her head, and will stay there until you pick her up again. It's hilarious. She's the only one that does it*


* it's natural behaviour in order to fool a predator, but I don't tell anyone that.

Is there anyway you could video that. I would love to see it.
Our 2 dogs both do a high five. looks really good when they are sitting side by side and you say "Gimme Five" in your best American Accent.
And yes, I have got a life

[miffy]

Daisy likes to run up the skateboarding slide and then lets herself slide backwards, she also jumps back and forth over low fences whilst running at full tilt.
When you go to the beach if you bury a stone she will dig the most enormous hole to try and find it, even if you has already dug it up in the process, she just keeps going. Missed a calling as a snow rescue dog we think.

[lettucegrow!]

Our cat Louis found his christmas pressie hidden under the bed in our room,dragged it out and was found by OH playing with it!! It's now his favourite toy( it's one of those fluffy tail things on a bit of elastic that you flick around) and will sit next to it meowing until we play with him.

[bluemoon]

Not sure if it's clever, and certainly nothing she's been taught by us, but until 16 months ago we had a dog who had severe fits. Our other dog, probably jealous of the extra TLC he was getting, learned to throw a pretty impressive fake fit. She doesn't do it too often now, but strangers give us weird looks when we sigh and say; 'you're not epileptic, Freya' and she stands back up with a doggy shrug of her shoulders and a sort of sheepish 'Worth a try' look then just carries on with whatever she was doing before.

[coreopsis]

Too much to say.
I've got a dog now-manipulation master-will use every trick in the world to get any bit of food.
Couple years ago he injured his paw and couldn't walk(seemed like it to me).I was working on the nightshift,came home on Sunday morning-doggie squeaking he wants to go out but can't walk.So I carried him outside and back to the house(about 14 kgs).In the afternoon asked OH,how was the dog-he said "he's fine,JUMPING around in the garden".Hmmmm...
Monday morning,came back home,OH at work,dog went outside and sat on the lawn squeaking that he "can't walk"and looks at me to lift him up.I pointed the door and with lowered voice said "you cheeky b*****d,you go inside NOW".He stood up and went.I was shocked that he used me to carry him in and out the day before...

When I was a teenager my sister had a cat who jumped on the door handles to open it and was doing his toilet in the loo.We had a huuuuge argues with our father who accused us of not flushing the toilet(that was a cat poo).
Cats seems to have much more senses,they always seem to know things before you.

[Newbie]

My dog seems to be able to pick up new tricks within minutes and seems to just love doing them...she can now play dead when you pretend to shoot her with your finger, roll over, give you a high five, "speak" on command, says please on command (begging position with both paws lifted up high), gives paw, raises her paw to "ask nicely" when she wants a treat and the latest is to "dance" with you on command, I'd want her to learn to moonwalk next!